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1958 Mercedes 300d (W189) – The Ultimate Hardtop
(first posted 7/25/2014) Since hardtops are the subject de jour, how about a quick look at what has to be considered the ultimate hardtop, the Mercedes 300d (the “d” does not stand for diesel) from...
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Car Carrier of the Day: Dodge Flathead Six Truck Pulling Four Chrysler Hemis...
This is a 1952 or 1953 Dodge truck. As best as I can tell, the hemi V8 was first available in Dodge trucks in 1954 (1954 Dodge truck CC here). Chrysler also built some really big flathead sixes, for...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Paddleboat – Austria 1959”
I spotted this at Don Kincl’s Photostream, and became even more intrigued when I read the caption, which said “Paddleboat – Austria, 1959”, a slide he bought at a garage sale. Do the Austrians and...
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Car Carrier of the Day: AMCs and Chryslers Merged Into One Load Before the...
At first glance I thought: oh, a nice load of mixed cars from the post AMC merger with Chrysler. But no, there weren’t any Alliances sold by then. And the picture is dated September 1984, so this is a...
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Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Two Veterans of the ’50s Import Boom and a Lot...
Don Kincl found a very wide assortment of cars somewhere in Abilene, TX, including two rather rare veterans of the 1950s import boom: a Fiat 1100 and a Renault Dauphine. The Fiat looks like it might...
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CC Capsule: 1993 Toyota T-100 – The Only Truck Worthy Of Possibly Replacing...
(first posted 8/3/2014) I’ve given it some thought over the years, and there’s only one truck that I’ve seriously considered as a theoretical replacement for my F-100, and this is it, and not just...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Sad-Faced 1949 Buick Super With Its Straight Eight...
I’ve been meaning to post this shot by Curtis Perry for some time. I love the faces on this vintage Buick; what a face. But there’s something rather jarring about it having lost its beautiful hood; a...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1963.5 Mercury Comet Sportster Hardtop – The Comet...
This shot by Don Kincl (or was it Curtis Perry?) really shows the Comet’s long tail, thanks to the new semi-fastback roof that came out in 1963.5. The Comet was of course just a stretched Falcon, and...
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Car Carrier of the Day: Exotic Load, Semi-Exotic Truck
Here’s something a bit out of the ordinary for today’s CCOTD. It’s a Dodge L-Series truck, which obviously has the cab from the A100 van-pickup. And its load consists of some Dodge Daytonas. It’s not...
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Vintage SCI Review: Jaguar XK 140 MC – The First Shall Be Last
How did I forget the XK 140? Somehow I managed to overlook it, which is not easy to do. It’s literally impossible to overstate the impact of the Jaguar, especially the XK Series, starting with the...
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Curbside Newsstand: GM To Spin Off Its EV Ops? Saturn II?
The old time car manufacturers are mighty sick of watching their stocks continue to droop, and not just because of COVID. GM is currently around $26, down 22% since it went public in 2010. And poor...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Reynolds Boughton RB44 Camper – How Did a Dodge Van...
posted at the Cohort by Nathan Williams Every car has a story, but this one’s is a bit complicated. Yes, this is a former British military truck, befitting its very British name. And yes, that is a...
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Curbside Classic: 1991 Buick Century Coupe – If We Make It Forever It Will Be...
(first posted 6/10/2011) In car years, fifteen years might as well be a century. It’s late, so help me out: what other American car was built for fifteen years, since the Model T? Oh right; the...
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Car Carrier of the Day: “The Best Selling Used Cars of 1970”– Not Much Truth...
For several reasons, I don’t think GM would run an ad like this nowadays. But the claim alone is a bit suspect. “More people buy used Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs than any...
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